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HFM Asset Management provides engineering services and products to reduce energy and water consumption; cost; risk; and environmental impact. HFM protects assets and their owners from the various performance related issues that can happen as the result of multiple levels of designers, engineers, builders and operators who all have their impact on the building. To read more about recent building news, check out the articles below.

Brisbane City Council’s Sustainability Grants aid non-profit organisations to undertake actions to support the reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of their facilities. Funding is provided towards an energy audit according to AS/NZS 3598.1:2014 and implementation of associated energy efficiency measures. Energy and water assessments can assist by; Understand where and how energy […]

The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) tool, has been leading the way for sustainability in Australia’s property industry for almost 20 years now. During these two decades, the system has had a positive impact in the country, some of the key areas are: The 6-star rating system facilitates the way to communicate a […]

The number of Australians currently living in apartments, is higher than ever before – in fact, according to the latest Census of Population and Housing performed by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) “The number of occupied apartments (including flats and units, excluding townhouses) in Australia has increased by 78% over the past 25 years” With this […]

Western Australia’s Housing Conference proudly sponsored by HFM Asset Management WA’s Multi-Unit Housing Conference took place last Friday the 6th of April 2018, in The Astral Room at Crown, Perth. HFM Asset Management was proud to co-sponsor as PCA’s Built Environment Partner, this half-day event, where experts presented insights about: The latest statistics on demand […]

HVAC Upgrade We are here to improve your building! HFM’s Project Management services include a wide variety of solutions for electrical, mechanical, solar and renewables projects. Check out this summary of a project delivered for one of our clients, Northlands Shopping Centre, located in Western Australia. The Issue: The central mechanical plant was operational but major […]

HFM is always looking to stay abreast of the latest in all areas of our industry. Recently several members of our team were lucky enough to visit the Comm Air Australia factory located in Bibra Lake, WA. Established in 2009, Comm Air are the only air conditioning suppliers manufacturing here in WA. Their team’s skill [...]

Are you Sale or Lease Ready? Changes to the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) program came into effect on the 1st of July 2017. However, we believe many landlords or managing agents of commercial office buildings are leaving it too late in the sales or leasing process to think about compliance with the Building Energy Efficiency […]

Let’s talk about our NABERS! NABERS is a rating system that measures the environmental performance of commercial buildings, tenancies and homes throughout Australia. HFM Asset Management is proud to be one of Australia’s largest NABERS assessment companies. For over ten years we have been involved in this program and have helped our customers to improve […]

Organisational Structure Changes Welcome back to 2015!! The New Year has seen some changes to the HFM leadership team, with the appointment of Matt Holmes as Director of Operations and Rod Cridge as Head of Facilities Management. The key changes are outlined below: Appointment of Matt Holmes as an executive director. His new title is Director of […]